Yemen

President Barack Obama stands up with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the end of their meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Energy and Environment

Obama: World needs to ‘step up’ on climate change

Susan Crabtree · August 4, 2015 7:51 pm

It's possible that President Obama will finish out his term pretending that his military strategy is working and no change is necessary. (AP Photo)

National Security

Living in strategic denial

Mark Moyar · July 30, 2015 4:01 am

The strikes are being carried out by Joint Special Operations Command using CIA intelligence. (AP file)

National Security

Drones and the epoch of one-click wars

Benjamin Friedman · July 20, 2015 4:01 am

PresidentÂ Obama negotiated a lousy deal, and Americans are going to be stuck with the consequences long after he leaves office. (AP Photo)Â

National Security

Kill the Iran deal

Washington Examiner · July 15, 2015 4:01 am

A Shiite rebel known as Houthi, holds up his weapon during a rally against Saudi-led airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, June 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

National Security

Al-Qaeda members escape in 1,200-person Yemen prison break

Tara Copp · July 1, 2015 5:02 pm

A Peshmerga sits next to weapons at a base February 24, 2004 in Halabja, Iraq. (Photo by Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images)

National Security

White House confirms death of al Qaeda’s No. 2

Nicole Duran and Tara Copp · June 16, 2015 4:54 pm

A man rests next to his car destroyed by Saudi-led airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, May 27, 2015. In a report Wednesday, World Health Organization Chief Margaret Chan said that Yemen's conflict has left up to 2,000 people dead and 8,000 wounded, including hundreds of women and children. She did not specify how many of the dead were civilian. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

National Security

One of at least four Americans held in Yemen released

Kelly Cohen · June 1, 2015 7:34 pm

President Barack Obama delivers remarks alongside Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah (L) and Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, following the Gulf Cooperation Council-U.S. summit on May 14, 2015 at Camp David, Maryland. (Getty Image)

Under heavy criticism, Obama defends Camp David summit

Susan Crabtree · May 16, 2015 9:00 am

Asking presidential candidates whether they support or would change past foreign policy decisions, like whetherÂ President Bush should have sent the U.S. military into Iraq to depose Saddam Hussein in 2003,Â is the most common line of questioning among members of the media. (Getty Image)

We’re asking presidential candidates all the wrong questions

Pete Hoekstra · May 15, 2015 9:00 am

President Barack Obama and Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of the State of Kuwait, turn enter the White House as as Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, arrives at the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday. Gulf nation leaders gathered in Washington to warn President Barack Obama of the risks of completing a nuclear deal with Iran. Obama will try to convince them of the potential benefits for the region. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Â

Top senator: Arab nations start arms race, worried over U.S. ‘commitment’

Paul Bedard · May 14, 2015 2:57 pm

Yemen: Shaky Cease-Fire as Iran Warships Approach

Yemen: Shaky Cease-Fire as Iran Warships Approach

Geoffrey Norman · May 13, 2015 8:02 pm

The Iranian ships shifted course and now are about half-way up the coast of Oman. (AP Photo)Â

National Security

Another Iran cargo ship heads for Yemen

Tara Copp · May 12, 2015 4:47 pm